Quick and easy European picnic recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Filet Mignon Topped With Shrimp, Crab with a Garlicy Wine Sauce

This tender filet is bursting with flavor. Starting with a mouth watering filet, portabello mushrooms, shrimp,…

Caprese Pasta Salad

Easy summer salad. Great side dish to take to picnics or bbq's.

Carrots & Orange Wholewheat Muffin's/Cup Cakes..;)

Let them eat cup cakes...Put the carrot's on Top..;) When it comes to getting your toddler to eat healthy…

Linguine with Fresh Tomatoes

Since we can have great tomatoes year around, we can always enjoy their fresh flavor this way. Remember: Never store your fresh tomatoes in the…

Salmorejo

A less known cousin of gazpacho, thicker but also refreshing.

Italian Shrimp Salad

Parmesan-Coated Sweet Potato Fries

These are oh so delicious, and super kid friendly !! My grandson still calls them "Nonnie's Cool French Fries"

Greek Artichoke Salad

A greek inspired zesty, tasty and quick to make salad for a picnic or a potluck.

The Ultimate Italian Snack Mix

Italian-seasoned Crispix® cereal with zesty pepperoni, Pecorino Romano, Provolone and Grana Padano cheeses is the ultimate snack taste sensation!…

Greek Coleslaw

A light healthy side for lamb, chicken, pita bread, and/or hummus. The calories, carbs, fat are WAY LOW compared to traditional coleslaws.

Grilled Shrimp copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati

This is one of my favorite ways to eat shrimp. A healthy recipe and a…

Basil-Walnut Pesto

To help mix the pesto with the cooked pasta, blend 4 to 6 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water into 1/2 cup pesto before tossing.

Madeleines

I had been longing to make madeleines or small French Sponge Cake for quite some time. All this while, I postponed the idea of making madeleines…

Pão de Ló - Portuguese Sponge Cake

I have always loved this recipe, especially when one is able to cook in in such a way that the middle part is…

Stuffed Artichokes

I will never forget the first time I ate Stuffed Artichokes.......It was love at first site......25 years later I still make it the same way my mom…